Isaiah 5:30

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְיִנְהֹ֥ם עָלָ֛יו בַּיּ֥וֹם הַה֖וּא כְּנַהֲמַת־יָ֑ם וְנִבַּ֤ט לָאָ֙רֶץ֙ וְהִנֵּה־חֹ֔שֶׁךְ צַ֣ר וָא֔וֹר חָשַׁ֖ךְ בַּעֲרִיפֶֽיהָ׃

Transliteration

And it will wəyinhōm against him in bayyôm hahûʾ like the kənahamat-yām; and one wənibbaṭ to the lāʾāreṣ and wəhinnēh-ḥōšek ṣar and wāʾôr is made ḥāšak in its baʿărîpehā.

Grammar Details

• *wəyinhōm*: conjunction with qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - and it will growl
• *ʿālāyw*: preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - against him
• *bayyôm*: preposition with definite article with masculine singular noun - in the day
• *hahûʾ*: definite article with demonstrative pronoun - that
• *kənahamat*: preposition with feminine singular construct - like the roaring of
• *yām*: masculine singular noun - sea
• *wənibbat*: conjunction with niphal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - and one looks
• *lāʾāreṣ*: preposition with definite article with feminine singular noun - to the land/earth
• *wəhinnēh*: conjunction with demonstrative particle - and behold
• *ḥōšek*: masculine singular noun - darkness
• *ṣar*: masculine singular adjective - distress
• *wāʾôr*: conjunction with masculine singular noun - and light
• *ḥāšak*: qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - is darkened
• *baʿărîpehā*: preposition with masculine plural noun with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - in its clouds

Word Meanings

• *yinhōm*: growls/roars/makes noise
• *nahamat*: roaring/growling/moaning
• *nibbat*: looks/gazes/observes
• *ṣar*: distress/trouble/adversity
• *ḥāšak*: darkened/dimmed/obscured
• *ʿărîpehā*: clouds/darkness/gloom

Referenced Verses

• Isa 8:22 : 22 And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.
• Jer 4:23-28 : 23 I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light. 24 I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly. 25 I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled. 26 I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger. 27 For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end. 28 For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it.
• Joel 2:10 : 10 The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:
• Luke 21:25-26 : 25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; 26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
• Jer 6:23 : 23 They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion.
• Jer 50:42 : 42 They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and will not shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, every one put in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.
• Lam 3:2 : 2 He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.
• Ezek 32:7-8 : 7 And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light. 8 All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD.
• Isa 13:10 : 10 For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
• Exod 10:21-23 : 21 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt. 22 And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days: 23 They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.
• Ps 93:3-4 : 3 The floods have lifted up{H8804)}, O LORD, the floods have lifted up{H8804)} their voice; the floods lift up{H8799)} their waves. 4 The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.
• Rev 6:12 : 12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;
• Rev 16:10-11 : 10 And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain, 11 And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.
• Amos 8:9 : 9 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:
• Matt 24:29 : 29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: